Shloka 6
Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha
ज्ञानपूर्वा भवेल्लिप्सा लिप्सापूर्वाभिसंधिता । अभिसंधिपूर्वकं कर्म कर्ममूलं ततः फलम्
jñānapūrvā bhavellipsā lipsāpūrvābhisaṃdhitā | abhisaṃdhipūrvakaṃ karma karmamūlaṃ tataḥ phalam ||
ビーシュマは言った。「まず対象についての知が起こる。その知から、それを得たいという欲が生じる。欲からは『これを成し遂げよう』という熟慮された決意と、それに続く努力が起こる。やがて行為がなされ、行為からその結果が得られる。かくして人の経験は、認知から渇望へ、意図から行為へ、行為から帰結へと連なる道徳の鎖として進むのだ。」
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhishma outlines a causal sequence: knowledge of an object leads to desire, desire leads to intention and effort, intention leads to action, and action produces results. Ethical responsibility therefore begins not only with the deed but with the inner stages—what one attends to, desires, and resolves.
In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and right conduct, Bhishma is advising Yudhishthira by analyzing how actions arise in the mind and how their fruits follow, emphasizing the inner origins of karma.